World Builder

Written, Directed and VFX by Bruce Branit(8:25)

After the viral success of 405, this was a change of pace from comedic/action to sci-fi/romance. World Builder also drew tens of millions of views in a short period of time. and led to other great opportunities. World Builder's virtual world, digital holograms and HUD's predated many visually and thematically similar films such as Inception and Transcendence.

Shot in one day on a greenscreen stage, Branit spent a year modeling, animating and compositing this 8 minute short.

World Builder

Lucid Engine

Written, Directed, VFX by Bruce Branit(5:00)

A short film where a father finds a machine nightly inside his dreams, which may offer a window into a disturbing future that is to come.

Created with a minimal crew of less than 10 people.

The Lucid Engine

Lucid Engine VFX Breakdowns

State of the Union

Written, Directed and VFX by Bruce Branit(4:20)

This opening tease of a much larger feature film was an internal hiatus project for Branit FX. It was produced and completed in a few short months. It has had successful festival run and its full feature-length script has been highly ranked on the Black List and a quarter finalist in the Page Screenplay competition.

This project is currently funding.

State of the Union

Bully Mech

Written, Directed and VFX by Bruce Branit

Bully Mech began as a very personal anti-bullying PSA spec spot. It is a powerful science fiction allegory where a tiny girl in a threatening dystopian world is befriended by an enormous fighting machine. Together they find strength and confidence to move past those that torment them.

It has been optioned and is in development with Imagination Park Entertainment as a feature film, so I am sorry I cannot share more awesome imagery at this time.

Trebuchet

Written and Directed by Bruce Branit

Trebuchet is a psychological science fictoin feature currently in development with Lucamax Pictures.

It is a contained story about a lonely astronaut and his social robotic companion, Millie. The film asks the question, "If you had something that could fulfill your every need and want, would you choose a real human relationship if given the chance?"

Seat Kicker

Written and Directed by Bruce Branit

Seat Kicker is an original idea created by Branit for a short subject. A Twilight Zoney horror mash-up about an all-powerful yet uncontrollable little girl and 100's of terrified passengers in the most precarious of locations, an airplane far out over the Pacific.

Carrie meets United 93.

This project is back available after the expiration of its original option agreement as a feature film.

Star Wars: The Arrow of Lightsaber

To fulfil our filmmaking achievement, the Cub Scouts of Pack 3777 and I made the most awesome Star Wars film we could imagine. The boys contributed story ideas and storyboards. They acted and crewed our film shoot, learning aspects of camera and lighting and greenscreen.

Be prepared, and may the force be with you.

Star Wars: The Arrow of Lightsaber

Cub Scouts create their own Star Wars film

I'd Be

Without a simple I.D., you can't be employed, drive a car, apply for food stamps or even enroll your children in school. We take for granted the simple piece of plastic in our pocket, but it is the key to unlocking most parts of our society.

In most states you can't get an I.D. without your birth certificate, and it is difficult to get your birth certificate without a valid I.D.. These seemingly small problems are huge hurdles for homeless and displaced people trying to proove who they can really be to the world.

This is a spot I was honored to make for Reconciliation Services and their campaign to raise money and awareness.

IDBE.COM

I'd Be...

Something in My Ear?

On 5/30/15 I put this little video on YouTube. Within 4 days it had been viewed 2 million times and had been covered as a legitimate news story in over 100 publications. Soon, I had to let the cat out of the bag and fess up to the digital trickery.